ANIMAL
HATCHES & matches
The zoos are places for love, new life and, sadly, sometimes loss. Check out the latest animal happenings at your zoos.
HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY
KANGAROO ISLAND KANGAROOS There is a new addition to the Kangaroo Island kangaroo mob at Healesville Sanctuary. The newest member of the family, a tiny joey, has just started poking its head out of the pouch, so can’t be named until it comes out and we know its gender.
MELBOURNE ZOO
GIANT BURROWING FROGS Melbourne Zoo is now home to Giant Burrowing Frog tadpoles. They have been collected to establish the first captive breeding program for the species.
MELBOURNE ZOO
FAREWELL BINJAI Our veterinarian and keeper teams had to make the heart-breaking, but necessary, welfare decision that the time had come to say goodbye to beautiful Sumatran Tiger matriarch, Binjai. At 18 years old, Binjai developed a range of age-related health conditions that were increasingly impacting her quality of life.
WERRIBEE OPEN RANGE ZOO
WELCOME FALAH Zebra, Furaha, has welcomed her first baby at Werribee Open Range Zoo. The female foal has been named Falah.
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Keep up to date with all of the day-to-day goings on at the zoo over at our Instagram @zoosvictoria. There’s lots of fun things to see and animal videos to watch.
IMAGES: JO HOWELL, RICK HAMMOND
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